Hi Anne!
I've always loved Jimi Too Cool's name, and I remember Sophie too. I'm
so sorry to hear about Jimi's distress when eating. Isn't that just the
worst? To watch them be interested, to know they are hungry, and then
to see them react to something as benign as food with pain and terror!
I don't know enough about stomatitis to advise you, I do remember
reading that it can eventually effect other organs and bodily
functions. What does your vet say? Would Pepcid or Reglan help? Does
he have the same reaction to everything he eats? I wish I could offer
solutions, you and he are in my prayers that you find relief for him
very soon.
Nina
Anne Gatica wrote:
Hi everyone,
I feel so badly that I can't keep up with the posts on this great
list as I used to do, although I do try when I can.
I haven't posted for a while but probably the people who have been
on the list for while will know my Jimi Too Cool. I also have sweet
Sophie as my friend, (who had the destroyed anus situation), too, but
today it's about Jimi Too Cool.
Jimi Too Cool, 8, FeLV+, had been doing pretty well but he has
needed depo-medrol injections more and more often as he aged for his
severe chronic stomatitis. He has gotten to the point that the shot
will only last him about 2 weeks. I had switched him to Metacam for a
while but last time I tried and gave two hefty Metacam doses in a row,
neither kicked in for him.
I am sick at heart because he is down to 8 lbs. from his strapping
18 lbs. at one time and his hair is coming out in clumps. He gets
PetTinic, CoQ10, lysine (and clindamycin as needed), pretty
regularly. His mouth checks out just fine at the vets lately. The
last six times he has gone, they have found nothing in his mouth to
indicate stomatitis. He has terrible pain when trying to eat, though,
crying out in pain after a few bites, (when he is doing poorly). So I
am pretty sure it has to do with his digestive tract. Does stomatitis
"travel"? Anyone else had the problem of the pain going down into
unseen regions like that?
He got a shot on Saturday and just started eating this morning. He
drank small amounts of "juice" from canned cat food, some human baby
food, some milk and ate a bit of chunks of cat food. He did well
until he ate a good bit and then gagged and ran in pain. I am
thinking that the food level maybe reached the area where he has
pain? Like esophogus or upper stomach?
Jimi is terrible to catch and treat. He is a loving, sweet
wonderful boy but don't try to catch him and take him to the vet or
try to syringe him some medicine. It is a real struggle every time,
battle of wits, for sure. I am also having a rough time financially
so can't afford pricey investigations, although I would sell things if
I knew a procedure or test would possibly save him.
If anyone has any ideas or input on what can be done for my boy or
shared experiences, I would appreciate it so much.
My goal is to just keep my boy pain free and to make his life
fairly good. If he continues to have such pain, though, I know I will
have to make a decision. Does anyone know of a good pain killer
beyond Metacam and depo medrol that would help him but also not drug
him up sky high where life is a blur?
Thank for listening,
Anne and Jimi Too Cool, Simms, and Sophie in MI among other furry friends
